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It listens to everything — the silence between words, the hesitation in a voice, the footsteps disappearing down a corridor. It hears danger in ordinary sounds and catastrophe in the quietest moments.
It is always listening for something that might go wrong.
The Scrub Hare in this painting is anxiety made flesh: elongated, alert, and unnaturally attentive. Its enormous ears represent a mind that cannot switch itself off — constantly scanning, interpreting, anticipating. The fractured world surrounding it reflects the internal landscape of someone who has forgotten what it feels like to simply exist without expecting the next threat.

Hey everyone. I wanted to share my recent completed painting of a hyena. It's oil on canvas. Size is 14inx17in. On a roll of paintings for my first art market next month.

Huge thanks to those who helped with their constructive feedback in on of my previous post. What do you think?

This is my pet beagle having the time of her life! It’s so hard to get a picture of the exact moment like this so I painted it instead!

Painting watercolour birds in my art group, I really love the simplicity of this one. My first bird.

Painted by me. Graham Watts

Kingfisher Ballpoint pen and watercolor on cotton paper.

Drawn for Inktober 52 2026, week 33 prompt: Dive

My Red-Tailed Hawk study.

Hi all -

I’ve been toying with this one for a few days, and believe it’s time to share my rendering of the aurora over Taylor’s Falls.

Last November I packed the kids into the car after bedtime and drove out to see the Aurora in a different place than the last time — and though it was more faint than our previous encounter, it still dazzled the sky.

I took a couple photographs and decided to use them as a reference for this one.

Painted on Canvas with Optimist Pigment Inks and Posca Oil Pencil in places to finish.

Thanks for looking!

— I’m a Canadian oil painter based in Vancouver. Thought I’d start with one of my grizzlies. I’ve been lurking around Reddit for a while, so I figured it was finally time to actually post something. I’m Graham, an oil painter based in Vancouver, British Columbia. A lot of my work is inspired by the wildlife and landscapes around Western Canada — grizzlies, wolves, eagles, mountains, Whistler and the Sea-to-Sky. This is one of my grizzly bear paintings. I work in oil on canvas and tend to start with something recognizable, then push the colour, texture and light until it feels more like my memory or impression of the animal rather than a photographic reproduction. One of the things I love about painting wildlife is trying to capture that moment when an animal looks directly back at you. There’s something very different about experiencing that in the wilderness compared with looking at a photograph. Anyway, first post here. I’d genuinely be interested to know what catches your eye first — the expression, colour, texture, or something else? Happy to answer questions about the painting or my process as well.

Drawn with Holbein coloured pencils on Arches hot pressed satin paper.